1st Edition

Global Financialization and Corporate Innovation Strategy The Case of Korean Firms

By Hwan Joo Seo, Sung Jin Kang Copyright 2022
112 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

112 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

112 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Technological innovation is a core aspect of corporate and national competitiveness and it is not only complex—requiring cooperation and coordination among many stakeholders—but it also involves high risk due to uncertainty. Financial markets are a key to successful technological innovation. This book looks at how traditional financing and non-traditional ones transform corporate innovation... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Financialization and Corporate Innovation Strategy 3. Innovative Capacity and Financialization of Korean Firms 4. Financialization and Short-termism of Innovation Strategy 5. Conclusion

Biography

Hwan Joo Seo is Professor at the Division of Business Administration at Hanyang University, South Korea. His research interests focus on Regulation theory, income equality, and financialization.

Sung Jin Kang is Professor at the Department of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Research, Korea University. His main fields of research are issues on sustainable development such as green growth, climate change, and economic development.